Sunday, March 28, 2010
Yup, so it's Sunday and week 4 at uni has ended. Labels: church, college, school
I guess the most important thing for school this week was that our individual assignment was due. For College A and B it was due on Thursday (includes me), while College C and D had theirs due on Friday.
I'm glad I wasn't one of those people who might have put it off til the last minute and then slogged the entire night, because I wouldn't have been able to do that! I need sleep. (no disrespect to such people, though!)
And so even on Wednesday night when we had supper crawl, I was more concerned about doing my laundry than my assignment, because it was finished already, after receiving peer feedback on Tuesday. Many thanks to my oldie who gave me excellent feedback prior to that!
Bible study on Friday was at Janelle's home, where we celebrated Ade's birthday, with lots of fruits, weetbix and popiah! We played a bit of Balderdash, had good food, and studied the parable of the rich fool and stuff.
We did Revelation 4 in church today, and the image of what the throne in heaven must look like is utterly brilliant and amazing. I wish I could have seen what it was like! God is holy indeed.
On a side-note, I encountered some fellow 1st year medicine students who find the current curriculum (Foundations) to be boring because they're merely being taught and not really using their critical thinking. Somehow they're not really fascinated by how what we're learning is happening right now in their bodies.
And they're probably not sure if they've made the right choice getting into medicine. Meanwhile I also know people who want to get into medicine but didn't make it (just like me for NUS!) and I find it just sad that places get taken up by people who aren't that keen, or perhaps didn't think it through properly before choosing this pathway, and by doing so deprived others of a place.
I guess not everyone knows exactly what they want to do or study or be when they grow up. And realistically speaking the university will try to pick the best students as it sees fit. That's life for you.
Friday, March 19, 2010
So it's the end of my third week here! And I was looking forward to it because my cousin Sze Hui invited me to her house to have dinner!
So she picked me up at about 5, and we went to her friend's house because she had to discuss something, while I played with her friend's two cute children! And the little girl gave me a sticker!!
Then we went back to her house where her kids were watching the Wiggles. And they are so cute! There were these books with cutesy cakes for kids and we flipped through them as Zacky kept asking me what the cake decorations were made of. I'm a little scared of Max, because he's only a year old, and he cries a lot! Maybe he doesn't like me.
And here's a funny thing. During the break between lectures today Cheryl and the UNSW village people were talking about having chicken rice for dinner - and of course I was terribly envious because chicken rice is like my favourite Singaporean food!
AND THEN. Sze Hui cooked chicken rice for dinner!!! HURRAY!!! Dinner was just her and Danny and I, because the kids had their dinner earlier.
I piggy-backed Ashleigh and was invited by her (so cute, they call me Aunty) upstairs where they were supposed to go to bed, after which I got driven back to New College.
I'm so thankful that I have them here, because Sze Hui looks after me so well! Much love to Danny and the children too! (SO VERY ADORABLE.)
Thursday, March 4, 2010
Everytime I mean to blog about my day's events (and during O'Week there were PLENTY of events) I get lazy and end up not doing it. Labels: college, university
The rest of O'Week was pretty fun.
Thursday: PT Rally where we went around to various places including UniSyd; Trivia which really had all sorts of information and challenges unheard of.
Friday: Harbour cruise, where the theme was A Fresher In Uniform, so every group had their own type of uniform, and we made a pretty gay sight on the way to the harbour. The cruise sights were really pretty, including the Opera House and Harbour Bridge!
Saturday: Jet-boating, which is always a thrill, and too short a trip, followed by lunch at Manly Beach; Schoolies Night, which I couldn't go for because I couldn't prove my age, so we got free gelato and watched Valentine's Day at a theatre instead!
This week: I've had some scenario group sessions, practicals and a lot of lectures (got 4 more tomorrow), and it's been a good opportunity to get to know people! I was surprised at the number of Asians (whether Asian-raised or Australian-raised) in the faculty - much more than I'd expected. Of course, about a quarter are international, half of those coming from Singapore!
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